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Nonfiction

Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Austin Smith
There’s something to stepping right out of your dreams and onto the page.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Alice Hoffman
Don’t write what you know. Write what you can imagine.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Amy Bloom
This is kind of a big, wet valentine, isn’t it? Shouldn’t you throw it out?
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Lacy Crawford
“Nobody asked you to write.” Over time, I realized it was a magic key.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Jill Bialosky
I’ve read this novel at various stages of my life and I feel as if I know Isabel.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Nathan Englander
I like to think of love as something that one should keep feeding, like a fire.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
What’s the most useful criticism you’ve received? “Keep writing.”
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Peggy Orenstein
I love talking to girls. That’s why I’ve written so much about them.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Susan Orlean
In real life, my favorite character, so to speak, is Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by David Corbett
I’ve found that love has provided my life’s happiest moments.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Vikram Chandra
A friend of my father’s once told me, “You’ll never be a writer.”
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Min Jin Lee
I once heard in a sermon, “Choose the important over the urgent.”
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Maud Newton
I usually get my best writing done at night or at the close of day.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Ann Beattie
I’m obsessed with finding a convertible that has enough room.
Interviews
Narrative 10
by R. O. Kwon
It’s best for my heart to have hours and hours each day to write.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Julie Otsuka
Most days, at the pool, we are able to leave our troubles on land behind.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Monica Ali
In narrative terms, sex is the propeller that moves the story along.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Jennifer Egan
Love is the difference between a full life and an empty one.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Lynn Freed
“The Sentry” taught me that all true laughter has tears behind it.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Daniel Mason
One of my stories was rejected by a journal as “theatrical and self-limiting.”
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by David L. Ulin
Favorite character? What a question. It’s like choosing a favorite child.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Andre Dubus III
I don’t own a smartphone and never will. I’ve never sent a text.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Don Lee
The Great Gatsby had an awful, detrimental effect on me.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Paisley Rekdal
The story of racism does not simply happen to people of color.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Lynn Ahrens
Try never to repeat rhymes, not once in an entire show. It tires the ear.
Narrative 10
Narrative 10
by Jo Ann Beard
I wish I could tell her that we aren’t supposed to know why we’re here.
Story of the Week
Near a Church
by James Agee
I looked into their eyes and loved them, and wished to God I was dead.
Narrative on the Road
Nick and Nora’s Day at Sea
by Richard Smith
Gresham’s law. Stupid talk chases smart talk out of circulation.
Nonfiction
Nighthawk: Recollections of a Lost Time
by Joyce Carol Oates
Insomnia! There is a sickly romance to the affliction—initially.